In this chapter, we have learned about two Eclipse MicroProfile specifications, namely, Eclipse MicroProfile OpenAPI and Eclipse MicroProfile REST Client. The former provides a specification for generating OpenAPI-compliant documentation for your microservices, and the latter supplies a specification for calling REST endpoints in a type-safe manner. In this chapter, we covered the specific capabilities of these specifications, provided some example code, and supplied pointers on how to get further information about these specifications. You have learned the features and capabilities of the Eclipse MicroProfile OpenAPI and Eclipse MicroProfile REST Client specifications, how to use their annotations and programmatic interfaces, and how you could incorporate them into your applications.
In the next chapter, we will discuss and delve into the open source implementations of...